Making Connections

Making Connections 

The photography class I am taking at NHS has taught me many different techniques and we have had so many assignments. such as, the compositional photoshoot taught me how there are many techniques to taking pictures. some of these include, point of interest, avoiding distractions, close and far, etc. There are so many techniques, but my understanding with these would not be as strong if it was not for the assignments that followed. My two favorite photoshoot assignments we did were the Depth Of Field and the Alphabet Soup because I have been using the depth assignment to get my pictures to become more natural and closeup. The alphabet assignment taught me to open my eyes to see what is really there. That if you really look closely you will see the world in a whole new way. Now,  you are probably wondering " What was her least favorite project?" and the answer to that is very simple, none. I loved all the projects because they made my photography skills better. They all helped me view the world in a bigger perspective. They have helped me get my voice out there and it has happened with something I love doing. For my voice to get out there I took mainly photos of nature and scenery that stood out to me. One of my most successful projects I have done so far is my  Alphabet Soup  because I really got into the project in searching for the letters in the least obvious places. My least successful project was the Color  because it was hard for me to get out and get the color I needed. For the rest of this year I really wanna learn how to take professional modeling pictures because I want to be able to do that as a summer job. Also how to take better pictures of people in their natural state without having to pose them.

Shutter Speed Reflection

Shutter Speed Reflection

For this assignment I took pictures of mainly my siblings and neighborhood kids playing at the park because that was the best place to get my stop motion pictures. i set up my scene by taking pictures of the kids doing natural things. I chose not to pose them to make the photos more realistic. I used the rules of composition by using point of interest, avoiding distractions, and many others. I incorporated my voice into these picture because I've known these neighborhood kids since i moved here 3 years ago. My view on the world has changed because l now see that there are different ways to take pictures and using stop motion makes you feel like you've stopped time. Some of my strengths were capture the kids in their natural ways and not posing them. some of my weakness were that the photos would turn out blurry sometimes. I wouldn't of changed this assignment because it was fun and interesting seeing how the pictures would turn out. 

philosophy reflection

What is the Purpose of a Camera? 

I just recently started using a Nikon camera in my photography class,and I have learned so much about it that I did not know before. Before I was using my iPhone 5 to take pictures of things to capture moments. I started to realize that when I wanted to zoom into a picture to get more shallow depth the resolution would not be that great. I believe that the purpose of a camera is to be able to get into the photo more and to be able to show the viewer the true point of interest in the photo. If we did not have cameras then people would have to rely on the use of their phones more than they do already and we would never learn new ways to take pictures. There are many purposes of a camera that I could go on about,but those are the ones that mean the most to me. 

DOF favorite image

I shot pictures of many things, but my main focus was flowers and large landscapes. I went around my neighborhood, to parks, and to other family members houses because there was lots of beautiful  scenery. I set my scene by taking pictures of things that were close and had a main subject in them that the viewer could easily spot and focus on. I used rule of composition by using point of interest, texture, and avoid distractions to make my image better by combining all of those into one focused image that the viewer can see the texture of the flower. This assignment helped me view my world better because it helped me see things more close up and to look at the big picture as well.

Favorite Image

something in this image that strikes me is the depth of the image. what i mean by this is that the viewer can actually see the different colors in the eye because the image is in focused so well. The focus point in this image is the multiple colors in the eye because not many people get the opportunity to see an eye so close up. This image influences my voices because I believe that eyes have a way of telling a person's story, their personality, and their emotions all in one pair. In this image there are many emotions I can see. Such as happiness from the yellow, determination and sadness with the contrasts of the dark and light blues, and anger from the tiny bit of red that the artist added in. if I was the artist i wouldn't have changed a thing because i feel like this eye really stands out and seems so really. It makes me wonder if this artist has an eye like this, knows a person who does, or these were the emotions that they were feeling as they drew this.

Compositional photoshoot reflection

I took a lot of pictures of flowers and the streets I went around my neighborhood because it has a lot of different elements to take pictures of. I made sure that I got pictures when there was different weather conditions to set the moods. I used the rules of composition to make my photos better by getting close up and making sure that my photo didn't just focus on more than one rule, that it had multiple. I used mainly all of them by getting up close to flowers, using my streets as leading lines etc. I used mainly flowers because they were the easiest to take at that time. I incorporated my voices by taking pictures of things that stand out to me and when I edited them I put the colors that I thought would set the mood. This assignment helped me view the world different because now when I look at the world I see photography everywhere and that these rules are everywhere you look. Some of my weaknesses were that I didn't get this assignment turned in on time and that I messed up on my photos. My strengths were that I had all the photos I just didn't understand how to make the contact sheet. I would change the fact that I didn't get it turned in on time and be able to understand how to do a contact which I know how to do now.